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Lawsuit: Notre Dame Covered Up An Alleged Rape Committed By A Football Player
An anonymous former Notre Dame student filed a lawsuit on August 17 on St. Joseph’s County Circuit Court alleging that a football player raped her in his dorm room in January 2016 and that instead of dealing with the alleged assault, as she requested, the school mishandled it and swept it under the...

Alex Smith Smoked The Patriots By Going Back To College
Alex Smith torched the Patriots Thursday night, and his final stat line was very un-Alex Smith-like: 28-for-35, 368 passing yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions, a 148.6 passer rating. Head coach Andy Reid’s and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy’s creative play design and blend of West Coast and s...

Okay, Seriously, What's Going On With Antonio Cromartie's Penis?
Free-agent cornerback Antonio Cromartie’s wife, Terricka, recently gave birth to the couple’s sixth child. This is the 14th child that Cromartie has fathered, and the third that has been born after he had a vasectomy....

NFL Suspends Josh Brown Six More Games, For Some Reason
The NFL’s initial investigation into allegations of domestic violence against former Giants kicker Josh Brown, which resulted in a one-game suspension, accomplished nothing. Even less is accomplished by the fact that the NFL has reportedly decided to suspend Brown for an additional six games....

Hello, Kareem Hunt
The Patriots got shoved into a trash compactor last night, and watching it felt wonderful. Alex Smith’s passable and shocking Aaron Rodgers impression may have been the most impressive part of the Chiefs’ performance, but the part that was the most fun to watch was rookie running back Kareem Hunt ma...

Patriots Eat Shit In Front Of God And Everyone
At the end of the third quarter tonight, the Patriots led the Chiefs by a score of 27-21. They proceeded to roll over and die. They gave up 21 points in the fourth, letting Kansas City run away with a 42-27 victory for the worst beating New England’s endured in recent memory....

Kevin Sumlin's Wife Shares Racist Hate Mail Sent To Family
Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin’s wife, Charlene Sumlin, shared a piece of threatening hate mail sent to her husband tonight: ...

Ex-Notre Dame Football Player Says School Hid MRI Results From Him, Which Led To A Chronic Spinal Injury
Last Friday, former Notre Dame linebacker Douglas Randolph filed a lawsuit against Notre Dame, Brian Kelly, head Notre Dame football trainer Rob Hunt, and a handful of doctors, alleging that the Notre Dame football and training staff deliberately concealed a serious spinal injury from him, which he ...

Florida Cancels Game Against Northern Colorado Due To Hurricane Irma
The University of Florida has canceled its home game against Northern Colorado this Saturday due to the incoming Hurricane Irma....

Show Us Your Fantasy Football Team
The NFL season kicks off tonight, and with the return of real football comes the start of the fantasy football season. So show us what you’re working with....

Las Vegas Police Union Releases Insane, Flag-Humping Statement About Michael Bennett
This is exactly what Roger Goodell created for his NFL: the belief that NFL investigations can solve everything. That’s why today the Las Vegas police union sent him the whiniest letter asking the commissioner to investigate Seahawks player Michael Bennett, who said he was profiled, wrongly handcuff...

Report: Browns Cut Calvin Pryor For Fighting With Teammate Before Practice
This morning before Browns practice, safety Calvin Pryor and wide receiver Ricardo Louis got into a fight, according to reports from Ian Rapoport and Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot. The Browns wouldn’t confirm that a fight had taken place, but Pryor didn’t show up at practice and hours later, the te...

Hawaii Assistant Coach Breaks Wrist While Celebrating Blocked Field Goal
Hawaii blocked three field goals in their win against Western Carolina last weekend. One was returned 89 yards the other way for a touchdown, while another ended with an unfortunate and comical injury. After 6-foot-7, 300-pound defensive lineman Viane Moala got his hands on a kick in the first quart...

Urban Meyer Hits Tom Herman With The Classic Scoreboard Burn
With one week and one embarrassing loss in the books, it seems about right that college football fans already have to listen to some Texas coaches squirm and blame-shift....

Roger Goodell When Asked About Colin Kaepernick: "I'm Not A Football Expert"
Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League for 11 years as of this week, was asked on FS1's First Things First if he believes Colin Kaepernick should have a place on an NFL roster. ...

What's Going On With The Ezekiel Elliott Case, And What Happens Next?
If you’ve been following the Ezekiel Elliott saga—strap in, as this case has by now crossed the “saga” threshold—you might be a bit confused as to what the flying fuck is going on....

Myles Garrett Injured, Will Be Out A While
Here is a combination of quote and intonation that you really only want to hear about an old, loyal dog who was much loved and led a good life before having to be put down—and not about your first-overall pick, your potentially generational pass rusher who has yet to play a meaningful snap:...

Former Colorado Assistant Joe Tumpkin's Ex-Girlfriend Sues Over School's Failure To Report Abuse Allegations
Pamela Fine, the ex-girlfriend of former Colorado University assistant football coach Joe Tumpkin, is suing him in district court alongside several athletic department officials and school administrators. It has been almost nine months since she first came to head football coach Mike MacIntyre with ...
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Las Vegas Cops Can't Explain Why An Officer Handcuffed And Detained Michael Bennett [Updated]
Hours after Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett posted on Twitter today that an Las Vegas police officer held a gun to his head and threatened to “blow [his] fucking head off” the night of the Mayweather-McGregor fight, Undersherriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department held a ...
